New results on the pharmacology and clinical use of the TCM-drug Salvia miltiorrhiza

Evidence and Rational Based Research on Chinese Drugs

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 237-282

  Yeung, John H K ^a  

^a Prince of Wales Hospital   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84930591767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7091-0442-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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